Eyes wide shut? (Ferraro’s premature optimism)

Obama’s Luck, By Kevin Drum of CBS News, presents a reasoned response to Geraldine Ferraro’s recent inflammatory comments on behalf of the Clinton campaign. He points to the successes and popularity of other young, charismatic Democrats such as JFK and President Bill Clinton, suggesting that Barack Obama’s credentials and positions alone are sufficient to [...]

The change that scares people

When I recall the way we (who are old enough) chuckled over then-Governor Bill Clinton’s answer that he didn’t inhale, it seemed a small, yet acceptable, even necessary fiction. Few took it at face value, but Clinton deftly appeased some. Certainly eight years later then-Governor George Bush brought allegedly much dirtier laundry to the race [...]